Fmaj7

F1A3C5E7

Major triad with a major seventh: a half step below the root, an octave up.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

102210

moderate

Fig. 3

103210

moderate

Fig. 4

10221x

moderate

Fig. 5

xx3210

open

Fig. 6

132210

moderate · barre

What is true of it

Fmaj7 is F, A, C and E — 1, 3, 5 and 7 counted from F.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 102210: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

1 of the 5 need a barre.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are F, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Fmaj7/A

x03210

second inversion

Fmaj7/C

x33210

third inversion

Fmaj7/E

003210

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

F in other shapes

F7dominant seventh Fm7minor seventh Fm(maj7)minor major seventh Fmajor Fmminor Fdimdiminished

Cmaj7 C♯maj7 D♭maj7 Dmaj7 D♯maj7 E♭maj7 Emaj7 F♯maj7 all 374